Agreed, but I get the feeling that Honda only gives Acura fraction of budget that the BMW Automobile division of BMW gets.

 

well it's time they re-evaluate that position. It's been 2 decades since they started Acura, and they've strayed too far from what made them an original success. either go big or go home.

 

 

Also, this guy before that:

 

I would still love to have a 98+ ITR in Championship White.

I think a 4G member actually has a K20A in his! What a car...

 

Is the 5G TL still ?

 

I've said it before, and I'll say it again.

With the way Acura is going, Honda should just kill the brand, save the Big $$$$. Consolidate the MDX & RLX (with a new design of course) under the Honda name.

In short: Be like Hyundai. (see Genesis & Equus)

If you are not going to compete with the big boys, why waste all the money on extra dealerships, and an entire corporate structure for a brand that is become less and less relevant as the years go by.

 

Whenever I see that gen of Integra I start to choke up. I never thought it was ugly or weird when it first came out. I always liked it, I liked the quad headlamps style, the low sleek silhouette. That was back in Acuras had front overhangs that didn't even matter because the car was good overall you could overlook it. Now a front overhang is just among the various penalty points for everything else you can find wrong with a new Acura.

 

Honda should put the RLX and the Accord under the same roof so potential buyers can have an easier time to compare the two and see how the RLX is nothing more than a "tarted up Accord" and is a poor value vs the Accord. Then we can watch RLX sales tank even more.

 

At least the ILX has been such a huge success.

 

2015 Acura TLX Testing in China

The very 1st spy shots of the 2015 Acura TLX testing in China. The Acura TLX debuted as a concept on the Detroit Auto Show last month and the production version will go on sale later this year. The TLX is a completely new car that replaces both the Acura TL and the Acura TLX.

Razor sharp headlights will make it to the production version. The Acura TLX will be powered by a 2.4 liter 4-cylinder and a 3.5 liter V6. The TLX is testing in China because Acura has big plans for the Chinese car market and thus wants to make sure the TLX behaves well on Chinese roads. The whole Acura range is currently available in China but they are all imported so prices are high and sales are very slow. The Acura TLX will be imported as well, at least initially. Local production of Acura cars will start in 2016, first car to roll off the line will be an SUV based on the Acura SUV-X concept.

 

Full LED headlights with halogen fog lights. Interesting choice.

 

lol

 

The Acura FLAGSHIP RLX sedan is even more so, too.

 

 

that's the setup on the PAWS RLX & MDX. The only one with full led headlight & foglight appears to be the SH-AWD RLX.

 

Never noticed that. Just seems odd having it that way.

 

2014 MDX doesn't come standard with foglights at any trim level.

But the LED foglights are available as a dealer installed option with a hefty price tag.

So the 2014 MDX can have both LED headlights and LED foglights at any trim level of both FWD and AWD models.

 

LED fogs should be standard IMO, especially when your whole lineup is moving to the Jewel Eye headlights.

 

^ That makes too much sense to be implemented at Acura.

 

True.

 

One thing I hate about Acura's design choices - the use of LED/HID headlights but still having halogen fog lights and amber running lights. It's almost a mix of 2001 and 2014.

Every time I see a TL coming down the road, I just think to myself "that's too bad the lights are ugly because it really could be so much better".



And then they go and do it to the RLX, too.



I understand the headlight side markers have to be amber, but why the hell do you make an amber daytime running light? Get with the times and design an LED running light. Fools.

 

Yeah. Amber anything is gross, IMO.

 

The RLX uses its headlights for DRLs. The amber corner lenses in the headlight cluster are for the parking lights. The lower lights are turn signals, I believe, which must flash amber.

 

In many photos, I still see the lower lights on as running lights. It looks very ugly.



And then here they show the lower lights as being clear...





Perhaps only the lower lights come on as running lights when the headlights are on?



Overall I am just very confused. To be fair, Acura probably is as well.

 

My eyes

 

Tell me about it. The new batch of Acuras are particularly terrible looking from straight ahead.

 

Jesus. That's ugly.

 

 

LMAO! So many LED's that it looks like a fly's eyes.

 

Laugh all you want about appearances, but damn I must say, after experiencing the jewel eyes in the wifey's MDX, I will never go back to basic Xenon HID projectors. The LED's are that good.

I do agree that the mix of halogens fogs is old school and not in a cool way.

 

You bet!

RLX Hybrid and TLX will blow away a good chunk of the competition.

 

^ Really, headlights will make the diff?

 

With today’s new technology, Acura could have sculpted a beautiful shape like what Lexus is doing.
This shape looks to be 10-15 years old.

 

After watching a bunch of 2014 Acura RLX videos, it appears that the bottom 2 amber lights are not DRLs that stay on at all times; they are only turn signals. This video shows a couple of outside shots throughout but @ ~8:30, it shows the indicators blinking:

Redline Review: 2014 Acura RLX - YouTube

 

They do act as blinkers but I still think they are used as running lights when the headlights are turned on.

I saw this advertisement on TV last night. Skip to 0:45 in to see the cars. Check out the lights on the RLX, especially compared to the TLX. At 0:50 in you can see the TLX, RLX, and NSX together.

The RLX has amber running lights. The TLX does not. 0:53 shows a really good view.

 

Seriously, you are absolutely shameless with your cheer leading.

 

I don't care if the RLX blows away every other car on the planet. Just look at it.

 

Hey!

You go girl!

 

You could put a photo of a jellybean next to the new TL and couldn't tell the difference.